Gephyrocapsa oceanica

Gephyrocapsa oceanica is a species of coccolithophorid.[1] It is the type species of the genus Gephyrocapsa. The species is an important Pleistocene biostratigraphic marker.[2]

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of Gephyrocapsa oceanica[3]

Gephyrocapsa oceanica
Gephyrocapsa oceanica
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Haptophyta
Class:
Prymnesiophyceae[1]
Order:
Isochrysidales[1]
Family:
Noëlaerhabdaceae[1]
Genus:
Gephyrocapsa
Species:
Gephyrocapsa oceanica

Kamptner

References
  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Gephyrocapsa oceanica". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  2. Bolli, Hans M.; Saunders, John B.; Perch-Nielsen, Katharina, eds. (1989). Plankton stratigraphy. Vol. 1. assisted by Karin E. Fancett (paperback ed.). Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press. p. 513. ISBN 0521367190.
  3. Monteiro, Fanny M.; Bach, Lennart T.; Brownlee, Colin; Bown, Paul; Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.; Poulton, Alex J.; Tyrrell, Toby; Beaufort, Luc; Dutkiewicz, Stephanie; Gibbs, Samantha; Gutowska, Magdalena A. (July 2016). "Why marine phytoplankton calcify". Science Advances. 2 (7): e1501822. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501822. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 4956192. PMID 27453937.


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